[lbo-talk] Voter fraud?

[John Thornton]

joseph noonan wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, John Thornton wrote:
>
>>
>> I think it's going to be a rout for McCain.
>> Obama vs. McCain will look like Reagan vs. Carter.
>> I really hope I don't have to eat those words in a few weeks time.
>>
>> One more reason to doubt Palin is a logical choice for the next round.
>> She will be associated with a huge humiliating defeat forever.
>
> Mondale was Carter's running mate in '80 and was top of the ticket in '84 

I should also add that Carter's defeat was in reality not a "humiliating 
defeat" and that election was not exactly a rout for Carter but that is 
the most common and most often repeated perception of those events and 
unfortunately perceptions are more powerful than facts in US politics.

John Thornton